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Please accept my sincerest apologies for anyone reading this tomorrow morning but just spotted this amazing offer from Chris Jones. "I personally cannot recommend this offer highl…

Hi Mark, really excellent news and you're very welcome indeed. I'm so very pleased that someone was able to take advantage of the offer, a really incredible discount, thank you fo…

I have written a novel. I don't have a publisher yet, but I won't self-publish.

I tried Self-distribution with Vimeo on two films. We had a shoestring budget, which meant either…

@vasco de sousa You can always buy more lottery tickets to improve your chances, no matter how slim. I think you may have took the word 'lottery' too literal when we mean odds an…

Dear Shooters,

I am not the first and certainly won’t be the last to announce the release to the world of yet another UK Indie Feature, now available to view absolutely free.

G…

Hi,
Enjoyed watching your film Norman and would encourage others to watch it too as well as taking the time to visit your website to get more background on the making of it. I sug…

I'm looking at BackersInfo they have a$75 option which would suit my campaign to raise funds to send my short film to festivals.

Does anyone have experience with them or other co…

The thing is though that a crowd funding campaign need not be exclusive to any singular platform. One might reach a percentage of a target budget on Kickstarter for example and th…

Hello all,

A long post but if you want a partial case study / distribution insight and
a free film to watch before it's official release, read on.

My name is Al Carretta. Sinc…

1K and twelve weeks from start of production to its premiere in Edinburgh, really quite amazing Al. I take my hat off to you, now to figure out how to get those show stopper momen…

Hello all,

Thankyou to those who have engaged in distribution discussions around 'Th'Dread Rattlin' in recent weeks. Rattlin' is my 13th indie feature since 2010. It's also my f…

Had the chance last night to watch for a second time Al, noticed a lot more especially with your interesting use of sound. Looking forward tto seeing your next one.
Many thanks R…

Dear Shooters, I have produced a sci-fi Shakespeare webseries called 'A Throne of Shadows' which is in three parts, but also makes up a short film of around 25 minutes. I am going…

That’s very helpful, thanks Glyn.

This is my first campaign and after posting on instagram and facebook, and asking other crew/cast members to share, I'm at a loss as to what to do next.

Any good tips on running …

I'm wondering about the best resolution to upload my short film to FilmFreeway in.

The short was shot in 2.39:1 at a resolution of 2048 x 858

Now, FilmFreeway recommend these se…

Strictly speaking, nobody knows exactly what their back end workflow is, so you might want to play safe instead - and use slugs at 1280x720 as you know *everyone* can play that re…

After watching the documentary "Who Killed British Cinema" on Amazon Video https://amzn.to/2tKxdoY [link updated] - is this an accurate representation of independent UK cinema?

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Tell it to the Thatcher lovers... The removal of the levy from foreign films (read USA) shown in the UK that went into the pot to help UK films get made was the beginning of the e…

Hi there,

My name is Dean I'm a portrait and unit stills photographer based in London.
You can check out my work at www.deanchapple.com. I'm experienced in live tv, commercial a…

Thanks Colm, will do!

I completely sympathize with Davina Brown post "Help! An East London Film Office wants to charge my £20K feature project £150/hour", many thanks for bringing this up Davina as I w…

Ta for the update. I suspect the reason was less malice than mundanity, so glad you got it sorted :)

I'm British and am both shocked and appalled by the vicious negative reviews that “The Krays: Dead Man Walking"”has received on the imdb.com, when the statistically the clear majo…

Hi Steve,
Many thanks for that. Jane Sanger and Roland Heap had already managed to clarify to me the probable reasons for the review and vote attack on the imdb.com I did some sea…

Do you have Amazon Prime? Cast your vote for my short and I'll quid pro quo!!!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B07JCBX9NW/ref=atv_wtlp_wtl_0

Sorry Massimiliano, I guess I misunderstood. I thought you were offering positive feedback for positive. "Cast your vote for" sounded like that to me.

Enjoy your day too (what'…

Do you have Amazon Prime? Cast your vote for my short and I'll quid pro quo!!!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B07JCBX9NW/ref=atv_wtlp_wtl_0

I'm keen to put a strategy together to get some more exposure for my recent web series Ruined: A Hipster Ghost Story. Has anyone found any good platforms or festivals? It feels qu…

Hi

I'm looking for feedback on our latest short film.

Title: Rainbow Valley: The Quest for a TV
Genre: British comedy drama
Synopsis: A young boy living in a remote hippy com…

I enjoyed it. Really well made film!

Hi

Has anyone done the course 'Building a film directing career' run by Raindance in London.

https://www.raindance.org/courses/building-film-directing-career-masterclass-londo…

Thanks guys

We are just finishing post on our last short film. The plan is to then take it to film festivals, in order to network and hopefully find some investors for a feature (already writ…

I've had a pretty disillusioning festival attempt this year with my film Buddy Goes To Nollywood. Here's the trailer (link found on the website), which I'm not especially happy wi…

Our new avant-garde documentary "Articulate" just went live globally on Amazon (free to all Amazon Prime members), featuring my co-director and daughter Athie. Lots of love and re…

You might have a script but you don’t know where it should go, maybe you’re struggling to get a Producer or maybe you want to produce it yourself but there’s a couple of aspects y…

I did a radio interview yesterday for my psychological anthology horror movie "Psychomanteum" Amazon release (free to view if you have Amazon Prime) on Radio Soho with the lovely …

The first teaser trailer for our upcoming short film 'The Other' is now live along with the pre-launch for our Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/…

Anyone had any dealings with this?
Are they any good?
https://www.filmarkethub.com/start-project
Cheers
Ben

Keep me posted. I'm dubious, but I'm open to suggestions.

PRESS RELEASE – For UK indie movie Psychomanteum – PRESS RELEASE

Title: “Psychomanteum” Psychological horror/sci-fi/fantasy narrative feature Duration: 85mins…

Look out for my chapter in this anthology - FALLEN :)